The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday revived whistleblower claims accusing Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other financial giants of manipulating Libor interest rates, reasoning that a lower court improperly blocked the attorney general from participating in the litigation.
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NJ Justices Clarify FCA Amendment In Reviving Bank Suit

By Carla Baranauckas

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday revived whistleblower claims accusing Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other financial giants of manipulating Libor interest rates, reasoning that a lower court improperly blocked the attorney general from participating in the litigation.

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NJ Panel Says Insurer, Not Driver, Owed Auto Damage Proof

By Gianna Ferrarin

A New Jersey appellate panel held Thursday that the burden of proof was on an insurer, not a driver, in a coverage dispute stemming from a blown head gasket that rendered her vehicle inoperable, vacating the insurer's win and remanding for a new trial.

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AG Fines, Not Damages Allowed After RealPage Renter Deals

By Bryan Koenig

The attorneys general of D.C., Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey and Washington can seek civil fines and injunctive relief against RealPage Inc. and landlords for fixing rent prices, but claims on behalf of their residents are barred by deals made with private plaintiffs, a Tennessee federal judge ruled Thursday.

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ENFORCEMENT

AG Merger Case Gets New Judge After Paramount Recusal Bid

By Bryan Koenig

A new California federal judge has taken over from the one originally assigned the lawsuit from Democratic state attorneys general challenging Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, putting the case in front of the same judge hearing challenges from consumers and the Writers Guild of America.

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THIRD CIRCUIT

3rd Circ. Partly Revives Hospitals' ERISA Suit Against Cigna

By George Woolston

The Third Circuit on Thursday revived some ERISA contract claims in a New Jersey hospital network's suit alleging Cigna underpaid out-of-network reimbursements by $114 million, but backed the dismissal of the network's fiduciary duty claims.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Being A Magician Makes Me A Better Lawyer

The skills I've developed as a lifelong magician have translated directly into tangible benefits in the courtroom because performing magic and trying cases both live at the intersection of psychology, storytelling, timing and disciplined rehearsal, says Mark Dombroff at Fox Rothschild.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does Your Compensation Stack Up? Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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Feature

As Law Firms Race To Adopt AI, Cost Concerns Grow

By Phillip Bantz

Pressure is mounting on law firm leaders to dive into the AI waters or watch competitors swim away, but figuring out responsible, cost-effective methods to use high-priced legal tech remains tricky, experts say.

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Richards Layton Apologizes For AI Errors In Chancery Case

By Rose Krebs

Richards Layton & Finger PA and one of its attorneys have apologized to the Delaware Chancery Court for submitting a filing with errors generated by artificial intelligence, asking that sanctions not be imposed.

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McDermott Atty Denies Pressuring Friend To Alter Testimony

By Rose Krebs

A McDermott Will & Schulte LLP attorney has told a Delaware vice chancellor that he is in "complete shock" and "hurt" by a longtime friend's contention that he pressured him to change his testimony in a Chancery Court case, saying the accusation "is false and without any merit."

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Simpson Thacher 'Never' Explained Ill-Fated Deal, Exec Says

By Cara Salvatore

A founder seeking over $100 million from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett over a transaction he says destroyed his insurance services company testified Thursday the law firm provided him no education on various words he wasn't familiar with in the deal.

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Blue-Slip-Backed Trump Judge Selections Advance

By Courtney Bublé

The first two judicial nominations of the second Trump administration to receive supportive blue slips from Democratic senators advanced to the Senate floor Thursday.

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Goulston Docked Ex-Partners' Pay For Joining Rival, Suit Says

By Julie Manganis

Two Goulston & Storrs PC directors who jumped to Troutman Pepper Locke LLP were stiffed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation in retaliation for leaving, according to a suit filed Thursday in New York federal court.

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Feature

In Uber Assault Trial, A Courtroom Tests Truth Face-To-Face

By Hayley Fowler

This is the first in a two-part series about the Virginia Revival Model courtroom in the Charles R. Jonas federal courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here, judges and attorneys recall how a sexual assault trial against Uber unfolded in a space designed to place focus on the witnesses.

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Tillis Might Back Blanche, As AG Pick Met Epstein Survivors

By Courtney Bublé

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday afternoon met with a group of survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said his condition for supporting Blanche's appointment to the permanent position was for the nominee to speak to them face-to-face.

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Abrams & Bayliss

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Allen Matkins

Altshuler Berzon

Anapol Weiss

Archie Lamb & Associates

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Donelson

Barrack Rodos

Barrett & Farahany

Bell Nunnally

BoiesBattin

Bradley Arant

Burns Charest

Cafferty Clobes

Clark Hill

Cleary Gottlieb

Cohen & Gresser

Cohen Hochman & Allen

Cohen Milstein

Conrad & Scherer

Cotchett Pitre

Cozen O'Connor

Criden & Love

Cuneo Gilbert

DLA Piper

DiCello Levitt

Dimond Kaplan

Edelson PC

FBT Gibbons

Faegre Drinker

Farmer Brownstein

Foreman & Brasso

Fox Rothschild

Frazer PLC

Freshfields

Gallagher Evelius

Gordon Rees

Goulston & Storrs

Greenberg Traurig

Gustafson Gluek

Hagens Berman

Hartley LLP

Hausfeld LLP

Herzfeld Suetholz

Hughes Hubbard

Israel David LLC

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Korein Tillery

Kozyak Tropin

Landis Rath

Latham & Watkins

Levin Sedran

Lieff Cabraser

Lockridge Grindal

Lowey Dannenberg

Mayer Brown

McDermott Will & Schulte

McKool Smith

Milbank LLP

Milun Law Firm

Morris Nichols

O'Melveny & Myers

Olshan Frome

Pashman Stein

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Potter Anderson

Pryor Cashman

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Reinhardt Wendorf

Richards Layton

Robins Kaplan

Robinson & Cole

Salahi PC

Schneider Wallace

Scott&Scott

Sherrard Roe

Shinder Cantor

Shook Hardy

Shuman Glenn

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Sims Funk

Skadden Arps

Smith Krivoshey

Spector Roseman

Spragens Law

Stearns Weaver

Steckler Wayne

Stone & Magnanini

Stranch Jennings

Strauss Borrelli

Tango Dickinson

Terrell Marshall

Troutman

Watstein Terepka

Wexler Boley

Whistleblower Law Collaborative

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Winston Taylor

Zimmerman Reed

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

BH Management Services LLC

Bank of America Corp.

Burke Inc.

Camden Property Trust

Citigroup Inc.

Cottrell Inc.

Equity Residential

Hard Yaka Inc.

Highmark Residential LLC

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

KPMG International

Microsoft Corp.

Mid America Apartment Communities Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Patriot National Inc.

RealPage Inc.

Skydance Media LLC

The Bozzuto Group Inc.

The Cigna Group

Tidewater, Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

Writers Guild of America East

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

New Jersey Legislature

New Jersey Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota